Those who sing this hymn at Eastertide may be assured that it has been in unbroken use for fourteen centuries, a universal expression of the season’s unchanging faith and joy. _MUSIC._ PUER NOBIS. For comments on this tune see Hymn 87. LOYALTY AND CONSECRATION 416. Hushed was the evening hymn _James D. Burns_, 1823-64 Based on the incident of the call of Samuel in I Samuel 3. The verses were published in _The Evening Hymn_, 1857, a small volume consisting of an original hymn and an original prayer for every evening of the month, by Burns when he was minister of the Hampstead Presbyterian Church, London. The hymn lends itself well to dramatization. James Drummond Burns received his training for the ministry at the University of Edinburgh. When the Disruption took place in the Scottish Church, he followed his teacher, Dr. Chalmers, into the Free Church in 1843. For reasons of health he went to France and some years later, his health improved, he returned to London and built up a strong congregation at Hampstead where a church had been newly organized. His winsome character and broadmindedness, together with an especially beautiful voice, made his work unusually effective. He published several books and is the author of an article on “Hymns” in the eighth edition of the _Encyclopaedia Brittanica_. _MUSIC._ SAMUEL was composed for this hymn, the original arrangement, made in 1874, being for treble voices in unison, with organ accompaniment. The composer later made the present four-part arrangement in which form it has come into many church hymnals. For comments on Arthur Sullivan see Hymn 113. 417. In our work and our play _Whitefield Glanville Wills_, 1841-91 A beautiful prayer of consecration. The author, Whitefield Glanville Wills, an Englishman, was born in Bristol. He published a small collection, _Hymns for Occasional Use_ in 1881. The present hymn, entitled “Children of God,” was contributed by him to _School Hymns_, England, 1891. _MUSIC._ ROSSLYN is an English melody taken from the Supplement to the _Primitive Methodist Hymnal_, 1912. The composer is not known. 418. The wise may bring their learning _Anonymous_ A hymn setting forth the important lesson that children, however poor, may bring useful gifts to the King. It appeared anonymously in _The Book of Praise for Children_, published in England, 1881. _MUSIC._ ELLON is a perfectly adapted tune for these words, though it was written originally for another hymn. The tune is popular with children and is sung with interest also by adults.